Artur Abramiv

Artur Abramiv is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher whose practice spans painting, photography, and conceptual art. The central focus of his work is perception — specifically the complex formation of images within the viewer’s consciousness.

His projects investigate weakly manifested perceptual modes that may emerge through interaction with intricately organized forms. Abramiv constructs systems in which images are not directly presented, but gradually unfold through interaction with the viewer on the level of sensation and cognition. He works with extreme modes of visual experience — from minimal differences at the threshold of visibility to materially intense color structures and compositions saturated with optical signals.
Abramiv is the 2021 Laureate of the Kuindzhi International Prize for his innovative artistic practice, including the experimental series "Thousands of Shades of White / Predator. White Day", first exhibited in 2019.

Alongside his artistic practice, Abramiv maintains a parallel practice in photography and documentary work.

He began his photography career in 2011 and has since honed his craft in documentary storytelling. From 2020 to 2022, Abramiv covered the ethno-culture of remote Carpathian commun...

ART REVIEWS

“ Artur's pictures show his unique gift from Jehovah, the Greatest Artist! He has a lot of imagination and I enjoyed seeing it! ”
— Margaret KEANE, legendary American artist and creator of the epochal "Big Eyes" (Keane Eyes) movement; recognized as one of the most influential figures in contemporary art history.


“ I find Abramiv’s works interesting and singular. I enjoyed his painterly and graphic experiments. I believe in his successful creative prospects. ”
— Ivan MARCHUK,  world-renowned  Ukrainian master named one of the   "100 Living Geniuses"   by   The  Daily Telegraph, a member of the Golden Guild of the International Academy of Modern Art in Rome, and the creator of the unique "Pliontanism" style.


“ His paintings are something truly extraordinary! I highly recommend seeing them in person! ” 
— Lyubomyr MELNYK, legendary Canadian composer and the fastest pianist in history, creator of the "Continuous Music".


“ These stunning landscape images by Artur Abramiv taken on the Hasselblad got us thinking. ” 
— Hasselblad, the Swedish manufacturer of premium camera equipment and the institution behind some of the world’s most prestigious awards for outstanding achievements in photography.


“ One of the most powe...

AWARDS

• 2025 Shutterstock Impact Award  - "Move, Image" 

• 2024 TIPA Photography Award - "Picture This" 

• 2023 Frankfurt Zoological Society Grand Prize - "People of the Carpathians" 

• 2022 CMIFF Award -"Nature Heals" 

• 2021 Laureate of the Kuindzhi International Prize for his innovative artistic practice, including the experimental series "Thousands of Shades of White / Predator. White Day", first exhibited in 2019.

• 2020 National Geographic Traveller India, Best Story of the Year - "Ukraine’s Untouched Mountain Village" 

• 2020 National Geographic Traveller India, 1st Prize - "World Public Transport" 

• 2019 National Geographic Georgia, Top 20 - "Planet or Plastic?" 

• 2019 PhotoFest Award - "A Planet in Balance" 

• 2019 National Geographic Your Shot Award - "A Planet in Balance" 

• 2011 Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 1st Prize at the regional stage in the category "Painting" of the All-Ukrainian competition


PERSONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2021 "Under the Pressure of the Totalitarian Regime", Zlata Plaza, Rivne, Ukraine 
• 2021 "70 Years after. Forgotten Lessons of Repression for Faith. Operation ‘North’", Museum of the History of Religion, Lviv, Ukraine 
• 2021 "Under the Pressure of the Totalit...